US 11,733,254 B2
Integrated consumable data management system and platform
Jacob N. Wohlstadter, Potomac, MD (US); Peter J. Bosco, Rockville, MD (US); Kin Ng, New Carrollton, MD (US); Xinri Cong, Germantown, MD (US); Don E. Krueger, Stafford, VA (US); Pei-Ming Wu, Potomac, MD (US); Kim-Xuan Nguyen, Montgomery Village, MD (US); Louis W. Pang, Sandy Spring, MD (US); Michael L. Vock, Loveland, OH (US); Jon Willoughby, Potomac, MD (US); and Lei Wang, Clarksville, MD (US)
Assigned to MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed by Meso Scale Technologies, LLC., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,663.
Application 17/679,663 is a continuation of application No. 15/746,688, granted, now 11,300,579, previously published as PCT/US2016/043755, filed on Jul. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/195,956, filed on Jul. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0365106 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 35/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B01L 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC G01N 35/0099 (2013.01) [B01L 3/50853 (2013.01); B01L 9/523 (2013.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00356 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40269 (2013.01); H04B 1/3827 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assay system configured to use an assay consumable for conducting an assay, said assay consumable associated with a consumable identifier wherein said assay system comprises:
(a) a storage medium configured to store data describing a plurality of steps of a generic assay protocol applicable to a plurality of assays, and configured to store a data deployable bundle (DDB) associated with the consumable identifier, wherein the DDB includes information describing a specific assay protocol to be performed, the specific assay protocol including all or a portion of the plurality of steps of the generic assay protocol;
(b) a controller adapted to:
read the information in the DDB to determine the specific assay protocol to be performed when conducting the assay; and
cause all or a portion of the steps of the generic assay protocol to be performed based on the specific assay protocol associated with the DDB.